The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-12-21
No Place Like Home.


That uIa'- hons. ; his castle j. an OH
ami very u,urh battered tradition snp-
passed t. IL, q common biw. Bu, the das
and fill understanding Of the prscrpt IS
not common II + nst al Ways from foes
or diStusbanees wiihaut That that the
castle net-is defense. far thei inner furnish
ing and rlnif7rt also require 20 BE- 'iili-
gently laoksI alter. When Jis.s IS done.
fsr castle we substitute the wori
bome" Ani tie home shouid be in
the higae-t seuse the essstie for niaa-
woinau aiul clila. That e,ad Oil house
hold WORT coiaes 10 rs from she ssNon
and the resated L,nga ~ and there r.
no rooin flr slosiht tIiat it Is power
afnong.al peoples III shose h,uzuases the
world Is re horne An old English poet
says home IS the sacrel refuge Of life. p
ans no modern poet, tiurgate, or other.
has compressed iato one line more truth
and poetrv
Bur horne is what we make it. Il may
bea saercl refuge. or it may be a mere
place OF clll for breakfast and dinner,
and shelter f'r The sleeping hours when
there was aothiue abroad 70 keep men
awake. li may be destitute ofattractians
Is tolerated spot iaste3d q a comfortab.e
haven ltthis be- che case the 6sHlt IS
aith those who. by their owu condaet,
uake it uHiuruing. Home may be
alere prison .we' furnished orothers isef
for the women of the hoa.4h hold, while
the men look abroad for their Interests
aud diversions. II Jhe women 10 break
bounds sometimes ana ind their amuse
NETS sbruii. what truant husband has
right to blIuca trraut Nile2 And when
husbsuds AMI vives are runagates, COZ
timing IN scsrueuess, VINO need be sur
prised that the chiidfen prefer all out
doors to all that they can End in
doors2
While there has been a tendency
among men 10 seek 50 club life and the
women have TO some degree retaliatesl
by getting up stsities Of their own. 10
only some % which men have the latch
key or other "open sesame there never
was a time when the Apparatus for home
occupation and enjoyment were more
abuudint onI acressible. Never we're
dwellings Of an grldes in expense more
comfortable ami convenient Whoever
desires to make home attractive can with
his wife and other women and girls OF
the household ,io so. The man Is how
ever, most happy who at the door as he
enters. relayes his ponderous strength
and leans to hear, and hastens to do
whatever the mistress Of the castle home
directs. We are making no plea, how
ever, for tame and sleep stay at home
itiveness. Go abroad ut proper times,
men and women aEa children, too; only
make home nee piace and desired to
come back o..
Buf men, women. and children have
different views ant pursuits That is an
the better for "a complete anion, where
neither has angthing 90 conceal
The strength ofs rope is in its many
strands. and a united household and q
happy one is tht in which the thoughts
and pursuits Of the inmates are we'll
twined together. Well, every body con
ee,les that some one viii say. Yes, but
If the concession Is only 10 worls. COM
mon place as these expressions are, there
are people who 10 not act their thoughts
The proof Of this IS found in the dali,
story Of the faults. 61Ilies and even crimes
of men. high and low, rich ami poor who
did not get their first Inspiration for evil
dee,ls athome. Certainly there are some
w-etched homes, where the spirit Of evil
seems to bee in possession. But the mem
bsrs nf such households commonly learn
their eyii out Of loors, and the bad prof
cisncv and united experience reverse the
line AREA y quotel that home is asaeTe'l
refuge. Ofev homes. however, can j..
be- siid that there Is no good controlling
infuen~e in them And in an ho'nes
there is room for a constantly rising APP
Heeiation o the stcra,iuess ofthe earliest
bond which binds human beings togeth-
er-,he family E-F7sr.